Karel Breeman

475 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 256 citations indexed

About

Karel Breeman is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Karel Breeman has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 256 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Karel Breeman's work include Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (17 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (14 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (7 papers). Karel Breeman is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (17 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (14 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (7 papers). Karel Breeman collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Czechia. Karel Breeman's co-authors include Reinoud E. Knops, Petr Neužil, Mayer Rashtian, Fleur V.Y. Tjong, Rahul N. Doshi, Daniel J. Cantillon, Vivek Y. Reddy, Leonard I. Ganz, Morio Shoda and Pascal Defaye and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and The Journal of Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

Karel Breeman

19 papers receiving 250 citations

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A Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker

2023 105 citations Reinoud E. Knops, Vivek Y. Reddy et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karel Breeman Netherlands	8	221	42	32	29	20	20	256
A. Schnabel Germany	6	124 0.6×	47 1.1×	54 1.7×	20 0.7×	22 1.1×	7	199
Borut Kirn Slovenia	5	275 1.2×	30 0.7×	50 1.6×	13 0.4×	49 2.5×	14	297
Raimondo Calvanese Italy	7	176 0.8×	49 1.2×	23 0.7×	42 1.4×	8 0.4×	23	212
RJ Schilling United Kingdom	11	325 1.5×	9 0.2×	36 1.1×	12 0.4×	17 0.8×	39	366
Kevin D. Lau Netherlands	7	103 0.5×	76 1.8×	65 2.0×	29 1.0×	41 2.0×	12	187
Keren Hasbani United States	4	133 0.6×	11 0.3×	42 1.3×	41 1.4×	10 0.5×	8	155
Marco Bergonti Italy	11	283 1.3×	26 0.6×	33 1.0×	13 0.4×	4 0.2×	36	313
Rikitake Kogawa Japan	14	460 2.1×	18 0.4×	52 1.6×	14 0.5×	7 0.3×	57	487
Tomoko Ishizu Japan	6	141 0.6×	13 0.3×	21 0.7×	14 0.5×	12 0.6×	13	161
Vincent Splett United States	7	354 1.6×	9 0.2×	57 1.8×	23 0.8×	26 1.3×	13	366

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karel Breeman

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Knops, Reinoud E., James E. Ip, Rahul N. Doshi, et al.. (2025). One-Year Safety and Performance of a Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 18(4). e013619–e013619. 2 indexed citations

Oates, Connor P., Karel Breeman, Marc A. Miller, et al.. (2024). Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Intraoperative Leadless Pacemaker Implantation During Valve Surgery. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 10(10). 2224–2233. 1 indexed citations

Knops, Reinoud E., James E. Ip, Rahul N. Doshi, et al.. (2024). LB-469805-02 ONE YEAR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES FROM A CLINICAL STUDY OF A DUAL-CHAMBER LEADLESS PACEMAKER SYSTEM. Heart Rhythm. 21(7). 1199–1200. 5 indexed citations

Breeman, Karel, Reinoud E. Knops, Lucas V.A. Boersma, et al.. (2024). Trends in adoption of extravascular cardiac implantable electronic devices: the Dutch cohort. Netherlands Heart Journal. 32(10). 356–362.

Breeman, Karel, Fleur V.Y. Tjong, Marc A. Miller, et al.. (2024). Ten Years of Leadless Cardiac Pacing. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 84(21). 2131–2147. 3 indexed citations

Tjong, Fleur V.Y., Karel Breeman, Lucas V.A. Boersma, et al.. (2023). NL-EVDR: Netherlands—ExtraVascular Device Registry. Netherlands Heart Journal. 31(5). 181–184. 2 indexed citations

Breeman, Karel, et al.. (2023). Predicted Need for Atrial and Ventricular Pacing Per Indication Group in Patients With Dual-Chamber Pacemakers. Heart Lung and Circulation. 32(5). 629–637. 2 indexed citations

Breeman, Karel, Willeke van der Stuijt, Niek E. G. Beurskens, et al.. (2023). Worsening tricuspid regurgitation after ICD implantation is rather due to transvenous lead than natural progression. International Journal of Cardiology. 376. 76–80. 7 indexed citations

Breeman, Karel, Michiel A. de Graaf, Alexander H. Maass, et al.. (2023). Five-year safety and efficacy of leadless pacemakers in a Dutch cohort. Heart Rhythm. 20(8). 1128–1135. 4 indexed citations

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Breeman, Karel, Reinoud E. Knops, Johan D. Aasbo, et al.. (2023). MP-453087-7 PROCEDURE TIME FOR A NOVEL INTERCOSTAL EXTRAVASCULAR ICD LEAD AND COMPARISON TO THE SUBSTERNAL EXTRAVASCULAR ICD LEAD. Heart Rhythm. 20(5). S124–S125. 1 indexed citations

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Knops, Reinoud E., Vivek Y. Reddy, James E. Ip, et al.. (2023). A Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker. New England Journal of Medicine. 388(25). 2360–2370. 105 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rashtian, Mayer, Rajesh Banker, Petr Neužil, et al.. (2022). Preclinical safety and electrical performance of novel atrial leadless pacemaker with dual-helix fixation. Heart Rhythm. 19(5). 776–781. 20 indexed citations

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Breeman, Karel, Niek E. G. Beurskens, Antoine H.G. Driessen, et al.. (2022). Timing and mid-term outcomes of using leadless pacemakers as replacement for infected cardiac implantable electronic devices. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 66(6). 1477–1485. 6 indexed citations

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Breeman, Karel, Amy Brisben, Anne‐Floor B.E. Quast, et al.. (2022). Long-term performance of a novel communicating antitachycardia pacing–enabled leadless pacemaker and subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system: A comprehensive preclinical study. Heart Rhythm. 19(5). 837–846. 17 indexed citations

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Breeman, Karel, Romy du Long, Niek E. G. Beurskens, et al.. (2021). Tissues attached to retrieved leadless pacemakers: Histopathological evaluation of tissue composition in relation to implantation time and complications. Heart Rhythm. 18(12). 2101–2109. 12 indexed citations

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Ivy, D. Dunbar, Kristen Campbell, Karel Breeman, et al.. (2021). Ventricular–vascular coupling is predictive of adverse clinical outcome in paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension. Open Heart. 8(2). e001611–e001611. 7 indexed citations

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Adiyaman, Ahmet, Arif Elvan, Abdul Ghani, et al.. (2021). Significantly less inappropriate shocks in ischemic patients compared to non‐ischemic patients: The S‐ICD experience of a high volume single‐center. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 44(11). 1918–1924. 4 indexed citations

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Haarman, Meindina G., Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens‐Frederikse, Karel Breeman, et al.. (2020). The Genetic Epidemiology of Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. The Journal of Pediatrics. 225. 65–73.e5. 29 indexed citations

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Breeman, Karel, Mark‐Jan Ploegstra, Vitaly O. Kheyfets, et al.. (2019). Right ventricular-vascular coupling ratio in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension: A comparison between cardiac magnetic resonance and right heart catheterization measurements. International Journal of Cardiology. 293. 211–217. 13 indexed citations

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Beurskens, Niek E. G., Karel Breeman, Albert Meijer, et al.. (2019). Leadless cardiac pacing systems: current status and future prospects. Expert Review of Medical Devices. 16(11). 923–930. 16 indexed citations

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